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Similar word confusion

26 crun

Pedants, remember

2 Grannyknot

bad writting (sic)

77 MamaCaz

Why use one word when sixteen will do?

11 grumppa

What happened on Woman's Hour this morning?

20 crun

Im still Grey

51 Ana

Dom Joly in Sarajevo

8 jinglbellsfrocks

Unpleasant modern expressions

240 Greenfinch

Like used as a conjunction

18 Icyalittle

Annoyances!

67 feetlebaum

I wouldn't say brave

16 NfkDumpling

Fluffy kittens

8 rosesarered

A grammar lesson needed.

49 Terrafirma1

A Brain Teaser

10 Aka

Deserve or Need?

9 janeainsworth

Literally

55 whenim64

OTT corporate speak

13 Ana

Kindle Daily Deal

8 petallus

Double negatives

3 HollyDaze

Simply English.

1 annodomini

Historical present tense.

24 Atqui

Going forward!

179 Ariadne

It really gets up my goat!

164 Anne58

The apostrophe and Mid-Devon council

39 MamaCaz

Words and their value

2 Grannyknot

"Can I have a word?"

57 soop

Train station

19 thatbags

Could/Should have.....

3 rosesarered

Cola advert

48 Grannyeggs

The Oxford Comma

56 MamaCaz

Jealous for envious

38 Anne58

Self-made literature

5 Ariadne

Please Miss

8 Ana

Is this correct?

23 grumppa

Modern spelling and text speak

49 Ana

not sure where to put this........

6 Flowerofthewest

Prolific authors

4 JessM

Exasperated!

73 annodomini

American spelling

26 absent

Putting pedantry in its place

20 absent

Anyone know what this means?

21 janeainsworth

Decimate

7 absent

Elizabeth Windsor and the Queen's English

3 kittylester

"Save our children from the grammar tribe"

9 Lilygran

lingerie

57 feetlebaum

Thunder and lightning

15 Anne58

No problem

10 Tegan

Single person plural

48 Bags

Tennis bat

17 j08

On the BBC News!

7 gracesmum